题文
I was eight when my neighbors got a TV. It was small and expensive, but that didn’t matter. IT WAS WONDERFUL. Everyone in the building came up to the fifth floor to see this latest wonder of the modern world. That was in 1948.Soon, a lot of people got a TV, but not us. My parents didn’t think it was good for children. Being a good son, I didn’t argue with them. But I secretly watch TV—at my friends’ homes.
By 1955, televisions weren’t so expensive and were much larger. My parents still thought they were not good for us, but my sisters insisted, saying they were the only people in the neighborhood who didn’t have one. All their friends talked about certain programs and actors, but they couldn’t. Their friends laughed at them, which made them feel very unhappy. My youngest sister cried, saying she was never going back to school and that life without a TV wasn’t worth living. Nothing my parents said made her feel better. The next morning, without telling us, they went out and got a new TV.
When we were young our parents allowed us to watch TV for two hours a night. And we couldn’t watch until our homework was finished. But after a year or two, TV wasn’t exciting or new anymore. It became just another part of our lives like shoes or soap. My parents still had fears about TV. We were going to forget how to read, and TV was going to fill our minds with violence, they said.
Today people still argue about the value of TV. Nobody can deny the power of TV, which has a powerful influence on our lives. On average, Americans spend 30 hours a week watching TV. Is this influence good or bad? This is an unanswerable question indeed: It is hard enough to measure influence; and it is even harder to decide what is good and what isn’t. What is good, I suppose, is that many people are concerned about TV’s influence and that we have the power to change what we don’t like.
The people of Monhegan Island, 18 kilometers away off the coast of Maine, don’t have electricity, and they decided; once again, that they liked that way. Electricity, they think, would make life too easy and spoil their way of life. Maybe the young people wouldn’t want to go to town dances anymore. Maybe they would be more interested in staying at home and watching TV.
小题1:How old was the author, when their family got a TV?A．about 15.B．8.C．18.D．about 10.小题2:The author’s parents finally decided to buy a TV because _______.A．they wanted to meet their daughters’ needs .B．the children couldn’t go to school without a TVC．the sisters would like to be like their friendsD．they had to do as the youngest daughter told them to小题3:The author thinks “to judge whether a TV’s influence is good or bad” is ________.A．concerningB．hardC．meaninglessD．important小题4:The last paragraph is written to show ________.A．the disadvantage of TVB．TV influences people a great dealC．the advantage of TVD．we can change what we don’t like 题型：未知难度：其他题型
答案
小题1:A
小题2:A
小题3:B
小题4:D
解析
我八岁（1948年）时邻居家有了电视，电视虽小有贵，但是很多人被它所吸引。到1955年由于兄弟姐妹们的影响和要求，父母不得不买了一台电视。但是还是限制看电视必须先完成作业，而且只能看两个小时。因为父母认为电视有很多坏处，如我们会忘记读书，受到电视上的暴力影响。今天人们还在讨论电视的价值。不可否认电视给我们的生活带来很大的影响。有好处也有坏处。但是好处是许多人关心电视带来的影响并我们有力量改变我们不喜欢的东西。
小题1:细节理解题。通过文章中第一段的I was eight in 1948.和第三段的By 1955, ... they went out and got a new TV.通过简单地计算可知，1955--1948=7，加8 得15。故选A。
小题2:细节理解题。通过文章中第三段My youngest sister cried, saying she was never going back to school and that life without a TV wasn’t worth living. Nothing my parents said made her feel better. 可知，父母买电视是因为小妹妹的强烈要求。故选A。
小题3:细节理解题。通过文章中第五段This is an unanswerable question indeed:It is hard enough to measure influence; and it is even harder to decide what is good and what isn’t.可知很难判断电视带来的影响。故选B。
小题4:推理判断题。最后一段是用来证明作者在前一段得出的结论是：电视的好处是许多人关心电视带来的影响并我们有力量改变我们不喜欢的东西。故选D。
考点
据考高分专家说，试题“I was eight when my .....”主要考查你对 [人生感悟类阅读 ]考点的理解。人生感悟类阅读
人生感悟类阅读的概念：
生活感悟类的文章就是指能给人心灵以启迪，使人从中受到教育的文章。这类文章的体裁可以是记叙文，如生活中一些感人故事或情感故事，有点类似心灵鸡汤一样的短文。
生活感悟类阅读解题指导：
一、文章特点：
生活感悟类的文章就是指能给人心灵以启迪，使人从中受到教育的文章。这类文章的体裁可以是记叙文，如生活中一些感人故事或情感故事，有点类似心灵鸡汤一样的短文。有时故事的结尾会有一句“点睛之笔”，点出全文的中心思想，就像《伊索寓言》里的寓言一样。还可能是夹叙夹议的哲理散文或生活随笔。散文随笔通常会阐述一种朴素易懂，耳熟能详的人生道理或宝贵品质。文章的结构和议论文类似，一般是总分总或总分结构。每段首句或尾句为主题句（论点），其它句子围绕主题展开论述（论据），论证方法多种多样，或举例，或引用名言，或正反对照等。
二、解题技巧：
针对生活感悟类文章的特点，做这类文章的完形填空时，要特别注意以下几点：
1、重点理解全文的首句。如果是记叙文，找出when，where，who，what等基本要素。如果是散文随笔，充分理解文章的中心句—全文的主题。
2、阅读全文的结尾段或结尾句，有助于理解文章所阐述或蕴含的哲理、感悟或忠告等。
3、调动自己的背景知识和情感。这类文章不会讲大道理也不会涉及到一些很专业的知识技术领域，而是谈一些小事和简单的道理，所以如果读者能和作者产生感情上的共鸣，读者会更好地把握作者的意图态度，从而提高做题的准确度。因此，考生在平时要做一个有心人，即用心去感悟生活中发生的小事，思考人生的一些基本道理，多阅读一些短小精悍的美文，多写写自己的心情故事和对生活学习的感悟。只有平时多用心，做题时才能调动自己的背景知识和情感。
